Fire Mitigation

 

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Fire Mitigation is important not only for your safety, your home's safety, but also for the survival of your trees. It can be hard making the decision to thin trees that appear healthy, but trees are stressed when they are too close together. The early signs of disease may not be readily apparent to the those
without training in detecting pests and disease. Diseased and dying trees are a serious fire hazard. They burn easily and allow fire to spread more rapidly. Proper spacing of trees makes them more drought and disease resistant. It allows the trees to grow straight and strong. It provides sunlight and room for regeneration to occur. It increases mature trees longevity.

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We help Forest Property Owners create fire safe zones around their homes. We help them improve access into their properties. This gives "Defensible Space" for fire fighters to do their jobs. A forest property home is more likely to withstand a wildfire if grasses, brush trees, and other common forest fuels are removed, reduced or modified to reduce a fire's intensity.

Drought conditions and Beetle epidemics have produced an unnatural amount of dead and dying trees. The risk of a wildfire has grown to the level that the shift has been made away from thinking "if a wildfire will occur" to the reality of "when the wildfire occurs." Forest property owners are now asking, "What can be done to minimize the impact to my forest property? How can I best prepare?  What will it cost? Who can I trust to do the work safely and correctly?"

Insurance companies are inspecting properties in record numbers and demanding action be taken by forest property homeowners to reduce risk to the homes and structures. This means removing trees and flammable materials within a minimum of 35 feet around a structure.  Thinning trees further than 35 feet from the structures is also necessary to slow the spread of fire. Lower limbs must be removed to prevent transfer of fire to the crowns of the trees where the fire can burn more intense and generate more heat, speed and wind.

Fire Mitigation is one of our specialties. We understand what is needed and work closely with all local and state agencies to be able to prepare your property to meet your insurance and fire company's requirements.

After the Jamestown Fire 2004	After the Jamestown Fire 2004